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DISINPBGTING DEVICE.

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vUNITED STATES PATENT Gratien.

SALOMON TAVSSIH ANI) HMH. 'VAUSSUL ill" NNW Ytilih, A\'. Y

DISINFECTING DEVICE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No.522,863, dated July 10,1894.

ftpplicationiiledMarch12, 1394.

To (all whom. it may concern'.-

le it known that we, sALouoN TAU ssio and EMIL ltussua hoihoi New Yorkcity, in the county and State of New York, have invented new and usefulImprovements in Disinfecting Devices, of which the following is a full,clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to improvements in portable devices for thedisinfection of piaces subjected to contaminating exhalations that areliable to produce disease; and has for its object to provide a novel,simple and effective apparatus, that is of compact form and inexpensiveconstruction, which is adapted to coutinuously supply a proper amount ofthe disinfeetiug fiuid to a porous medium of considerable area, which byexposure to air currents, that pass through the device, will impregnatothe air with the vaporized disinfectant, and thus effectively' sterilizedisease germs that may pervade the air.

A further object is, to conveniently com bine in a vaporizingdisinfecting device, a liqnid dropping device, whereby air currents willbe disinfected, and a liquid disinfectant be periodically deposited in acess-pool, water closet, or other place requiring disinfection at thesame time, from the same device.

To these ends, our invention consists in the construction andcombination of parts, as are hereinafter described and claimed.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar figures of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the views shown.

Figure l is a side view of the devicein complete form. Fig. 2 is asectional side view taken through the centerof the device. Fig. 3 is adetached side view of an essential part of the improvement. Fig. 4: is asectional plan view, on the lirici-4in Fig. 2; and hig. 5 is a sectionalplan view, on the line 5-5 in Fig. 2.A

The external casing l0of the improved disinfecting apparatus, ispreferably given acylindrical form, of proper dimensions to receiveother parts, avoiding too great bulk, as it is designed to provide aconveniently portable and light device for the indicated purpose, havingits side wall numerously perforated, as shown at 10k 'lhe betteln l1, ofthe casing i0 is itat, and at a suitable distance Serial No. 503,?32. Nomoihld above it an annular bracket shelf li, is secured on the innersurface of the case, as shown in liig. 2. 'lhere is a cover lil,furnished for the casing lil, having a preferably foraminated convexventilator cap formed on, or secured to the apertu red top wall of saidcover, which piece may be removably secured on the upper open end of thecasing.

'lhe disinfectingliquid holder l-i, is an important feature of theinvention, and consists of a preferably cylindrical receptacle, formedof sheet metal for the sake of lightness, although it may be otherwiseproduced.

On the lower end portion of the holder il, au annular dripchamher l5 isformed or se cured, which is open at the top, and projects from the wallof the holder snlliciently to be adapted for the reception nf a spongetilling '16.

()n the top wall of the holder l l, two filler apertures are oppositelylocated, which are inclosed by a separatelyv projecting circular flangesecured around each linie, thcscbeing preferably threaded externally forthe reception of the screw caps 1T, that serve to measurably seal theapertures, the tops of the caps being perforated for the introduction ofa fibrous feeder wick 1S, in cach, that are of such a length as willallow portions to hang within and on the outside of the holder, as shownin Figs. and l.

There is a series of pcrforations in thebottom wall of the drip chamberl5, which may be arranged opposite a similar row of holes in theannnlarbraeket shelf l2,other concentric rows of holes l2 being formedin the shelf wall as shown in liig. 5, for the free escape of fluid thatenters the drip chamber.

The compartment 10" formed below in the casing 10, by the introductionof the shelf 12, is partly filled with sponge 20, rows of perforations10, being produced in the side wall of the compartment along with thoseformed in the side wall of the casing above the coinpartment, and nearthe side edge a small tube 2i is downwardly projected from the bottomwall l1 of the casing l0, for the graduated discharge of disinfectingliquid from the compartment 10i.

The liquid holder li is furnished with a looped handle ll, that issecured on the top wall of the same between the filler holes, this IOObein;|- utilized for lin` introdnrtiou or moval of the part l1.

Atene .sideof the rasint;A llt, the hanger loops lll are secured, whichproject ing' in the .same vertical plane are` so spared from the wall ofthe rasing, tllat their looped portions may be placed over twoverticali)v aligned nails or ,seri-ws, that are projected from anupright wallorotherslahlcsupport,al a polllt above thi` locality that isto receive a drippingdisrharoeot disinfeeting liquid from tho:ipp-tratas.

When the device is pnt into service, thc liquid holder ll, is suppliedwith a charge of any preferred disinl'ccting liquid, and then it isintroduced within the casing ll), restinor on the shelll l2, the holderbeingT centered by the laterally projecting cars lt", that extend fromit at the bottom of the drip chamber l5.

'l`hc feeding,r wicks 1S, by their relative arrangement, hang above thedrip chamber 15, as shown clearly in Fig. 2, so that by capillaryattraction, and the force of gravity, they will raise liquid from theholder 1l, and discharge it by drops into thc drip chamber below theouter ends of said wicks.

When the sponge Iilling1G,in the chamber l5, becomes super-saturatedwith the volatile disinfeeting liquid, it will discharge the surplusinto thc compartment 10, the Sponge 2O absorbing it, and after thelatter named material is suilicicnllycharged with the liquid, it, willexude a suilieicnt amount to permit a droppingr discharge from the tube21, that hy a constriction of its free end may be adapted to deliver adesired number of drops in a eiven period of time. If desired the devicemay hc seated on a shelf orother stable sup port.

It will be seen, that the permeation of surroundingY air within thecasing 10, through the perforations l0", will permit the atmosphere tobe charged with the vaporized disinfectant, at the same time the liquidis beingr dropped from the apparatus, so that disease germs that may notbe killed by the liquid application, will be neutralized by thevaporized disinfectant if a proper material is employcd.

HavingY thus fully described our invention, we claim as new and desireto Secure bylictA ters latcntM l. in adisinl'ectiue'dcvicc,thecombination with a foraminatcd cylindrical ch.'unhcr,a perforated covertherefor, and an annular shelf within tin` chamber, nl a cylindricalliquid holder in said chamber seated on the annularshelf, wicks feedingfrom the liquid holder, an annular drip chamber below the wicks, acompartment below the shelf havinga |`oraminatcd sidewall a spongeIilliir;r in said drip chamber, and a sponge filling' in the compat-tment below, Suhstantiall)v as described.

2. lu adisinfectingdiivicc,thecombination with a cylindrical casinghavinfo'l itsl wall numcronsly perforated a rcliculated cover thereon,hanger loops on the casing, a discharge pipe at the base of the easing,an air nular perforated bracketshelf within the casingnearitsbottom,andasponge lillinijr within the compartment formed by the shelf,of a cylindrical liquid holder in the casing, an annular drip chambcrconcentric with the base of the holder, feedingT wicks engaging,rperforations in caps over filler apertures in the top wall of theholder, sponge Filling in the drip chamber below the outer ends of thewicks, and means to hang' the device on a stable support, substantiallyas described.

3. In adisinfectingdevice, the combination with a foraminated casingprovided with an outlet at the bottom, and an internal shelf above thebottom, forming a chamber, and having openings, of a removable holderfor the disinfectant, Said holder being seated ou thc shelf and havingran exterior trough-like dripa'eccivcr, the bottom of which is formedwith openings leading,- outward from said receiver to the shelfopenings, and capillary wicks arranged substantially as shown anddescribed.

et. A disinfccting device, comprising a caso, having a drip spout nearthe bottom, the ease above said drip spout being foraminat'ed,a holderfor liquid disinfeetants within the case, capillary wicks arrangedsubstantiall)v as dcscribed, and an absorbent in the bottom of the ease,adapted to receive the drip from the wicks, substantially as described.

SALOMON TAUSHIG. EMIL 'l`AUSSlti- Witnesses:

Taos. SHULTZ, WALLACE Roses! i mi i1.

